Horrid evil creeping

[manfredvijars]

... there is more scope in metred rhymed verse than some of our bush poets seem to realise.[/b] We don't need to go anywhere near so-called free form to make interesting and imaginative variations.

Been saying this for years ...

[Maureen K Clifford]

No offence taken by me Marty fear not...and thank you Neville...happy you liked my green theme

I found it interesting that you described it as 'narrative' Marty...that is the thing that I still haven't been able to work out to my satisfaction with free verse. Is it verse/prose/narrative...I have written stuff as free verse and then gone back in and thought that is bloody ridiculous - it doesn't become verse just because you break up the lines, as Neville rightly pointed out and I couldn't agree more.

I know what you mean by modern verse looking like prose, arbitrarily chopped up and stacked vertically

The piece titled 'Dry Argument' was the catalyst for that I think, it started out as a piece of free verse which I then realized should be or was prose and then unhappy with that did it again as a piece of bush poetry...

I would disagree in part with this comment about other sites

If I were to venture into a free verse site and posted a rhyming Bush Poem I would expect some deriding or backlash for doing so , by all means explore the inner free verser but I maintain that this is not the forum to do so in great depth

Having posted bush poetry or perhaps more to the point rhyming poetry on occasions on a few sites that are predominantly free verse I have never found that to be the case.

But hey it brings out a bit of good discussion doesn't it As long as nobody gets their knickers in a knot over it - figure the world is big enough for all races/religions/dog breeds and poetry......we may not like all, we may gain something and we always have the right to just walk away.

Cheers

Maureen

[keats]

If you are going to post free verse on a Bush Poets site, then don't expect constructive criticism, or any for that matter. No good arguing about this, it is a site dedicated to Australian Bush Poetry, by definition, Poetry about Australia with decent rhyme and metre. Always been that way. Now I must be off to post my thoughts on NRL on the AFL site. (Is there any difference in doing this?)

[manfredvijars]

No Real Life commenting on the Anti Football League ???

[Bob Pacey]

Ah Gees Marty I'm not gonna come either. Hang on I was not coming anyway. Could do a link up on skype but I do not have that either. I just know you blokes ( And Sheilas ) are gonna have a great time.

Bush Poetry Rules.


Bob